Noun Hawaiian goose (plural Hawaiian geese) The nene, Branta sandvicensis. 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 82:The Hawaiian goose or nene (Branta sandvicensis) is perhaps chiefly celebrated for the great success with which it has been reared in captivity. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Hawaiian, goose. Translations Branta sandvicensis — see nene